I made a reference to Edward Tufte early this week when I made up the word "Tuftesque." A few people asked what I meant. So, if you've never heard of Edward Tufte, listen up. If you've heard of him, but never seen him speak, listen up. If you have a complete clean desktop with no icons, listen up.

Information Design just isn't sufficiently covered in most computer science courses, otherwise the average programmer wouldn't suck so bad at PowerPoint and Excel. So, why not pony up and get a refresher. To give you an idea about what Tufte's about, here's a great thread on his Forums about how Gantt Charts suck.

Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on information design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and design. He is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information design, and interface design.

About Scott

Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

I agree! I've seen him twice. I would reccomend that any one within 300 miles attend the session.The fee for a full time student not currently employed is $160.See http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses

Me too. Thanks for the heads up. It was kind of funny that you mention it since I randomly found his site from a google search just yesterday. I remembered it because I found it curious to find a CS guy with art on this home page.